The war is no longer new. The wounds are deeper, the cost heavier?and Commander Sophia Trotsky has come a long way from the blood-soaked fields of Kadesh.

Now, on the bridge of the aging CSS Ernest E. Evans, the man who might end the war lies in her sickbay. His survival?and perhaps the fate of the galaxy?hinges on the choices she makes next.

To save him, Sophia must become the commander no one believes she can be.

But when a wolf pack of Imperial destroyers descends, her crew is thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Outgunned, outmatched, and flying a relic of a ship, Sophia must fight?not just for survival, but for something greater.

Her faith.
Her crew.
Her legacy.

The question isn't whether she can win.
It's whether winning will be enough.